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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Vietnam News.net http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/cat/fc849e836694179b/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 19:47:12 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:47:12 -0400 30 (MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Pan Pacific Petroleum (ASX: PPP) is poised to participate in the drilling of up to three wells in the Nam Con Son Basin offshore southern Vietnam.The Ocean General semi-submersible drilling rig is now on tow to Block 121, operated by Origin Energy (ASX: ORG) to drill the Ca Voi-1X well targeting the large Whale Prospect.Ca Voi-1X is expected to spud ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214724563/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 17:31:09 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214724563/scat/fc849e836694179b MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines will be able to export for the first time its hybrid corn seed once nearby Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam opens up to biotechnology products within the next two ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214724666/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 16:53:31 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214724666/scat/fc849e836694179b SEVEN Vietnamese nationals who broke out of a remote Cape York detention centre have been caught in Cairns. The group are understood to have climbed over a fence at the Scherger detention centre, about 15km east of Weipa, on Thursday. "The circumstances of how they escaped are still unclear," a Department of Immigration spokeswoman told AAP. It's believed the group then managed to ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214724665/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 16:48:22 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214724665/scat/fc849e836694179b Saigon Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank , one of the leading commercial banks in Vietnam, has turned to IBM Systems and Software to streamline business processes across its IT infrastructure and enable broader client reach through new online and mobile banking services. ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214720265/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 13:27:21 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214720265/scat/fc849e836694179b (CBS News) Keeping in touch with loved ones fighting on the front lines has changed. These days, military families can use webcams or e-mail. In the past, they turned to home video, and before that, film. A man in Albuquerque, N.M., found some rare film footage from the Vietnam War era and now, he wants to return those memories to more than 200 families. In 1968, Sheri Maloy is one of the people ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214719743/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:58 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214719743/scat/fc849e836694179b joined a coalition of organisations to pressure the Vietnamese government to end its persecution of the activists. The eight activists, along with six others, were charged under Article 79 of Vietnam's penal code for "carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people's ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214718466/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 12:23:02 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214718466/scat/fc849e836694179b A clumsy crane operator triggered a 10-hour blackout across a third of Vietnam on Wednesday, exposing the fragility of the nation’s power grid. — JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214718208/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 12:11:30 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214718208/scat/fc849e836694179b A Vietnamese court has reduced the prison sentences of four activists convicted in January of trying to overthrow the communist state. Eight out of 14 defendants convicted had appealed against their sentences, four of whom were successful on Thursday, their lawyer has said. Most of the jailed were Catholics, but they included bloggers and students. Scores of activists have been jailed since ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214718704/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 12:10:33 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214718704/scat/fc849e836694179b Vietnam ) war by a North Vietnamese army veteran, although fiction, revealed truths to many people inside and outside Vietnam. The main protagonist, Kien - a thinly disguised portrait of the author - is a tortured soul whose sanity is threatened by his brutal experiences during the war.The story begins after the war, with Kien working in an army unit clearing battlefields of rotting corpses. The ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214716662/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 11:08:59 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214716662/scat/fc849e836694179b "Vietnam Storage Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Infrastructure, Supply- demand and competitive landscape" report to their offering. Vietnam oil and gas storage industry research work from OGAnalysis is a compulsory report for all analysts involved in the oil storage sector. It provides all the key trends and analyzes the drivers and restraints of ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214715607/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 09:44:21 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214715607/scat/fc849e836694179b A Vietnamese woman and a Singaporean man have become the first couple to be prosecuted under a new law aimed at deterring marriages of ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214715608/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 09:44:21 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214715608/scat/fc849e836694179b Military families of the past used to rely on film to keep in touch with loved ones on the front line. Jim Axelrod reports on a man who found some rare footage from the Vietnam War, and wants to return those memories to more than 200 ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214715344/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 09:34:34 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214715344/scat/fc849e836694179b HANOI (AFP) - Over a third of Vietnam as well as the capital of neighbouring Cambodia suffered a blackout this week after a crane operator knocked a tree onto a key power line, electricity officials said Thursday.Twenty-two of Vietnam's southern provinces -- out of a nationwide total of 63 -- lost power for a few hours on Wednesday afternoon including the southern commercial centre of Ho Chi ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214713991/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:52:59 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214713991/scat/fc849e836694179b A mistake by a crane operator caused a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam and parts of neighbouring Cambodia, officials say. Vietnamese state electricity company EVN said in a statement that the blackout happened on Wednesday after the operator knocked a tree down. It fell onto the main north-south high voltage power transmission line. Electricity supplies in Ho Chi Minh City and ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214714209/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 08:32:16 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214714209/scat/fc849e836694179b HANOI, Vietnam -; One mistake by a clumsy crane operator caused a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam, exposing the fragility of the nation's power ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214710326/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 05:21:54 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214710326/scat/fc849e836694179b In 2007, I had the privilege of becoming the first director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. My job was to move Nixon’s presidential materials from the Washington, D.C. area, where they had been kept as federal property because of the Watergate investigation, to California, where Nixon’s friends and supporters had built a private library in 1990. My job involved ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214709222/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:07:58 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214709222/scat/fc849e836694179b Allen County Councilman Kevin Howell announces plans to raise money for a Vietnam veterans parade. He is joined by, from left, Wayne Township Trustee Rick Stevenson and veterans Bennie Edwards and Jim ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214709394/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:57 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214709394/scat/fc849e836694179b HANOI, May 23 (Reuters) - Vietnam's benchmark stock index ended down 0.8 percent as foreign and domestic investors sold banking and property stocks after losses in overseas markers in Japan and China, traders said. Exchange-traded funds sold shares in the two sectors, including Hanoi-based Vietcombank, Vietnam's third-largest partly private bank, after Japan's market lost more than ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214710269/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 03:43:05 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214710269/scat/fc849e836694179b This is the latest attempt by the Government to tackle rampant taxi scams at airports. Dodgy taxi drivers are reported to be ripping off tourists with impunity as soon as they arrive in Viet Nam, doing serious damage to the nation's ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214707600/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 01:40:08 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214707600/scat/fc849e836694179b Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday hailed Vietnam's valued relationship with France and declared that the two nations are making efforts to develop their ties to the strategic partnership level in 2013. The PM made the comments at a meeting with the former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who is on an official working visit to the country. Dung declared ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214706344/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 00:32:57 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214706344/scat/fc849e836694179b Quang Binh fishermen free trapped whale QUANG BINH (VNS)-- Authorities and fishermen in central Quang Binh Province's Le Thuy District yesterday rescued a whale caught in a fishing net. The whale, which is 5m long and weighs one tonne, was discovered by two fishermen off the coast of Ngu Thuy Trung Commune. They brought it into the harbor and notified the local authorities later. The ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214706561/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 00:30:55 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214706561/scat/fc849e836694179b Fake concrete found in support pillars HA NOI (VNS)-- Authorities in Ha Noi on Tuesday found a local company illegally producing fake additives to make concrete piles to support buildings. At Ha Noi Trade and Technology Application Limited Company, the city's market watch confiscated 15.3 tonnes of fake additives packed in 530 packages - plus details about the company's production ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214706562/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 00:30:52 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214706562/scat/fc849e836694179b Viet Nam wins medals at informatics event HA NOI (VNS)-- Viet Nam has won a gold, a silver and three bronze medals at the 2013 Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiads, the Ministry of Education and Training has announced. Viet Nam sent five students to the competition in Singapore, contesting against 500 other rivals from 21 countries and territories in the region. Viet Nam ranked fourth among ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214706563/scat/fc849e836694179b Thu, 23 May 2013 00:30:50 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214706563/scat/fc849e836694179b WHO warns that world not ready for flu outbreak GENEVA (VNS)-- The world is unprepared for a massive virus outbreak, the deputy chief of the World Health Organisation has warned, amid fears that H7N9 bird flu striking China could mutate into a form that spreads easily among people. Keiji Fukuda told delegates at a WHO meeting that despite efforts since an outbreak of another form of avian ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705463/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 23:21:56 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705463/scat/fc849e836694179b A doctor examines a child infected with Hand-Foot-Mouth disease in Paediatrics Hospital 2 in HCM City. HFMD is now at its peak, having infected a total of 796 children in HCM City in April, an increase of 127 per cent against the same period last year. -- VNA/VNS Photo Phuong ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705464/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 23:21:52 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705464/scat/fc849e836694179b Japan fund grants $2.5m to help poor vendors HA NOI (VNS)-- About 600 poor street vendors in Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia are set to benefit from financial loans from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, announced the Asian Development Bank yesterday. The total funds for the micro-finance loans offered to household businesses by 2017 amount to US$2.5 million, and beneficiaries will also ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705468/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 23:21:49 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705468/scat/fc849e836694179b Crane accident leads to major power cut HCM CITY (VNS)-- A two-hour power failure caused by an incident on the 500kV north-south transmission line hindered road traffic in many southern provinces and HCM City yesterday afternoon. Power supply failed when an operating crane hit the Di Linh-Tan Dinh transmission line at 2.20pm in the new urban area in southern Binh Duong Province, the ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705465/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 23:21:47 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705465/scat/fc849e836694179b MARD allocates funds to shore up crumbling dykes HA NOI (VNS)-- The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a plan to reinforce the inter-provincial dyke system at a cost of VND420 billion (US$20 million) to prepare for floods. Tran Thi Lan Phuong, an expert at the ministry's Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control, said the dykes include the Duong River dyke ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705467/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 23:21:44 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705467/scat/fc849e836694179b City plans five waste treatment plants HCM CITY (VNS)-- The HCM City People's Committee is now preparing for the implementation of five waste treatment projects. Of these, two plants each with a daily capacity to process 2,000-2,500cu.m of mud will be located in the Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex in Binh Chanh District. They will cover 40ha in total. Another project, which will be ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705466/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 23:21:39 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705466/scat/fc849e836694179b Rail project held up by land clearance HA NOI (VNS)-- Construction of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated urban railway project is behind schedule due to land clearance difficulties, said a project official. The project is scheduled for completion late next year and open for trains in 2015. However, director of the project management board Tran Van Luc said at a press briefing on Tuesday that the ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705469/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 23:21:35 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705469/scat/fc849e836694179b German Red Cross to help VN HA NOI (VNS)-- Red Cross societies of Viet Nam and Germany will co-operate on humanitarian work in the areas of safe water and environmental sanitation, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. As part of a co-operation programme for the 2013-15 period, an agreement was signed yesterday between Viet Nam Red Cross Deputy Chairman and General Secretary ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705470/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 23:21:33 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705470/scat/fc849e836694179b Industrial chemical distributor Samchem Holdings Bhd sees its business in Vietnam driving the group's revenue growth from this year onward, with its Indonesia operations joining the fray in two years. Its chairman and CEO Ng Thin ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705471/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 23:16:43 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214705471/scat/fc849e836694179b The pavement in front of the National Paediatrics Hospital has been appropriated for parking motorbikes in Dong Da District, Ha Noi. A year after the imposition of a ban on vehicle parking in 262 streets in nine districts in the capital, many locations have returned to their initial chaos. -- VNA/VNS Photo Duong ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214704535/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:12 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214704535/scat/fc849e836694179b by Van Dat KIEN GIANG (VNS)-- Though having several beautiful sites, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has failed to attract tourists from Southeast Asian nations, especially Thailand and Cambodia, a senior official said last week. Mai Van Huynh, deputy chairman of the Kien Giang People's Committee, attributed the failure to the lack of well-developed infrastructure and proper plans ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214704536/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:10 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214704536/scat/fc849e836694179b Farmers in the Northern Territory are hopeful of convincing the Federal Department of Immigration to release Vietnamese asylum seekers from detention to work on properties near Darwin.The NT's Vietnamese Horticultural Association (NTVHA) believes its members could offer work to up to 40 asylum seekers who are in local detention centres.President of NTVHA, David Dinh, says getting refugees on ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214704537/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 22:05:18 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214704537/scat/fc849e836694179b Vietnam veteran George Martin of Fair Oaks looks over at names on the panels of the traveling Vietnam memorial on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.Martin, 64, was an enlisted Marine who served three tours in Vietnam. He was one of many motorcycle riders who escorted the monument from Dixon along Interstate 80.The Traveling Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall arrived at Mount Vernon Memorial Park in Fair Oaks ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214703614/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 21:13:55 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214703614/scat/fc849e836694179b Military veterans have begun raising money to honor and help those who served in the Vietnam War.Allen County Commissioner Kevin Howell announced Wednesday that Pizza Hut of Fort Wayne has donated $2,500 in what will be a $150,000 fundraising campaign.The money will pay for a downtown parade and a health and social services fair at Memorial Coliseum.The Oct. 5 events will coincide with the 50th ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214693529/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 12:39:50 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214693529/scat/fc849e836694179b Albert Sena recently traveled from Oklahoma to see the Huey helicopter on which he was a door gunner during the Vietnam War. The chopper sits outside VFW Post ... http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214693530/scat/fc849e836694179b Wed, 22 May 2013 12:39:49 -0400 http://www.vietnamnews.net/index.php/sid/214693530/scat/fc849e836694179b